पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · March 30, 2006 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.77 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः।

विस्मयो मे महान् राजन् हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः।।18.77।।
"18.77 As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and happiness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.77's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya345.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra353.82°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala57.42°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha320.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.58°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra298.70°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani100.31°KarkaPuṣya P3

☀️ Dhanbad, Jharkhand — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:22 – 14:54
Yamaganda05:39 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:44 – 10:17
Varjyam06:10 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:39 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:44 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:17 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:22 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:54 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:27 – 17:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:59 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:27 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:54 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:22 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:17 – 02:44 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:44 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°
Longitude: 86.4304°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865359.27 · 5107.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453824.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9402° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9402°) · declination 3.65° · EoT -4.98 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2006-03-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)